Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 1025 Sensory Sharing

The woman in red made her move without warning, and being a Loose Immortal, Jing Yu's cultivation level was far too low. He couldn't react in time and could only watch helplessly as the flame containing terrifying fire elemental power struck Guo Tingshu.

The instant the flames touched Guo Tingshu's robes—

Shila-

Beneath his skin, two bolts of lightning, one black and one white, shot out from his acupoints.

The two intertwined, but the one that struck later arrived first. It wasn't meant to block the deadly flame, but rather, as if it possessed a spirit, it pierced straight at the red-robed woman's face and heart—it was the [Heart-Responding Thunder] that sensed good and evil thoughts and punished evil without mercy!

The woman in the red robe had a flash of fire in her crimson eyes, but instead of being surprised, she laughed.

Faced with the black and white lightning that was powerful enough to severely injure or even kill ordinary cultivators in the Cave Heaven Realm, she neither dodged nor avoided it. Instead, she simply raised her slender hand and casually flicked her index finger and thumb in mid-air.

The two fierce and awe-inspiring bolts of lightning suddenly froze three inches in front of her fingertips, as if they had crashed into an invisible swamp, humming and trembling but unable to advance any further.

The woman gently closed her two fingers, actually holding the yin and yang fusion, the incomparably violent thunder at her fingertips, as if she were picking up two thin strands of silk.

Even more astonishingly, after examining it for a moment, she slightly opened her mouth and actually put the two bolts of lightning, one black and one white, directly into her mouth. With a gentle movement of her throat, she swallowed them into her stomach!

In an instant, her red robes fluttered without wind, as if lightning was coursing through her meridians.

Her eyes were slightly closed, and a strange blush rose on her face, as if she were savoring something.

On the other side, the crimson flame that was supposed to burn Guo Tingshu to ashes only swayed a few times before its brilliance dimmed rapidly before disappearing with a soft "poof" like a bubble, leaving only a few embers that fell and went out before they even touched the ground.

The terrifying flame that had just appeared was merely a test by the woman in red robes to provoke Guo Tingshu into a counterattack; it did not actually harm him in the slightest.

After a long while, the woman in the red robe slowly opened her eyes. The crimson flames in her eyes had subsided, but a solemn expression remained.

She stared intently at Guo Tingshu, her gaze sharp as a knife, as if she wanted to dissect him thoroughly from his flesh to his marrow, from this life to the next.

Before the woman in red could speak, Jing Yu finally reacted and quickly stepped in front of Guo Tingshu, saying:

"My lord, please show mercy..."

The woman in red robes continued to stare intently at Guo Tingshu, not sparing Jing Yu a single glance, and simply asked:

"Who are you?"

“I am a good friend of this person. We are just passing through this place and do not know anything about the mind reader’s prison break plan… My good brother here is not a mind reader, but has just practiced a mind-reading supernatural power.”

Jing Yu said helplessly, "There are countless cultivators in the world who practice mind-reading abilities. Surely you can't label them all as 'mind readers' corrupted by some mysterious being?"

The woman in red raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, finally shifting her gaze to Jing Yu, and suddenly sneered:

"Oh? You're saying he's not a 'mind reader'? He just practiced a mind-reading technique?"

Do you think I have no way to verify this?

Upon hearing this, the woman in the red robe's gaze suddenly turned cold, and she said no more to Jing Yu.

She raised her right hand slightly, and a strange flame flower, no bigger than a thumb, materialized from her fingertip.

"Yes or no, you will know once you try it."

With a flick of her finger, the flame floated lightly towards the prison cart where the white-haired old woman was imprisoned.

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The sturdy prison cart, crafted from Soul-Locking Black Iron and strong enough to imprison cultivators in cave realms, rapidly turned crimson and softened from the point touched by the flames, flowing downwards like heated wax.

The layers upon layers of binding array patterns lit up with dazzling light, but were ruthlessly annihilated and melted away in an instant by the higher-level law power contained in the flames.

In just a few breaths, the entire heavily guarded prison wagon turned into a pool of molten metal, the guards completely failing and wisps of smoke rising from it.

Surprisingly, the white-haired old woman in the middle of the prison van, chained up, had not even a trace of her clothes showing signs of scorching.

The terrifying heat and destructive laws of fire, as if possessing a life of their own, precisely bypassed her body, reducing the prison to nothing.

Immediately, the woman in the red robe raised her left palm upwards, her five fingers slightly bent, and a gentle yet irresistible suction force arose out of thin air, lifting the old woman, who was still wearing shackles and had a hunched figure, into the air and gently pulling her in front of her.

Her crimson eyes were icy cold as she locked onto the old woman's gaze. Her lips parted slightly, and she uttered a low growl: "Stab!"

There was no outward radiance, but an incomparably sharp, invisible force that pointed directly to the origin of the soul had already pierced into the depths of the old woman's sea of ​​consciousness with a slight movement of her divine thought!

This is not a simple attack on the mind, but a secret technique that specializes in attacking the soul and causing extreme pain, aiming to maximize the fluctuation of the soul of the person being treated.

"what!!!"

The white-haired old woman's body suddenly trembled violently, her withered face twisted and contorted with unimaginable pain.

A hoarse, piercing scream escaped her throat, her eyes rolled back, and her whole body trembled violently and uncontrollably, the chains rattling loudly.

Clearly, her soul was suffering terrible torment.

At the same time, the woman in the red robe's gaze flashed like lightning, instantly turning to Guo Tingshu beside her, carefully scrutinizing his every reaction.

However, Guo Tingshu remained calm and composed, showing no signs of enduring pain or experiencing any abnormal fluctuations in his soul or consciousness.

The woman in the red robe maintained her secret technique for a few breaths. Seeing that Guo Tingshu remained unaffected, the sharp look in her eyes softened slightly.

She snorted coldly and withdrew her attack on the old woman's soul. The old woman collapsed as if exhausted, only able to breathe weakly, clearly clinging to a sliver of life.

The woman in red casually tossed the old woman aside, her gaze returning to Guo Tingshu. The scrutinizing intent remained, but the almost tangible killing intent from before had largely dissipated.

She said coldly, "The consciousness of a Mind Reader is connected, almost becoming one person. Mind Readers who are not far apart even share the same senses and share the joy and pain... My divine sense technique just now was of a very high level, yet you did not show any pain... It seems that you are indeed not a Mind Reader who has been corrupted by that mysterious being."

"I'm not some kind of mind reader."

Guo Tingshu shook his head and said, "I have known this ability to read minds since I was a child. Back then, I was still in the lower realm, and these so-called mind readers had not yet appeared."

"Sir, now that the suspicion has been cleared and the misunderstanding has been resolved, shouldn't we be able to leave?" Jing Yu asked tentatively.

"Leave? It's not that easy!" The woman in red gritted her teeth and said, "Boy, although you are not a mind reader, you still possess the supernatural power of mind reading... You must have wrongfully killed many innocent people because of this over the years, right?"